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i'm alicia menendez in for kasie hunt.t with the news. >>> "the new york times" reporters republican congressman of florida is currently under federal investigation for possible sex trafficking. according to "the times" the justice department is looking into whether gaetz, a close ally of donald trump, had a sexual relationship with 17-year-old girl and whether he paid for her to travel with him. the investigation reportedly began in the final months of the trump administration under attorney general bill barr. sources tell "the times" that the investigate is part of a larger probe into a political ally joel greenberg who is pictured here with gaetz and roger stone in 2017. greenberg resigned at seminole county tax collector last june after charged on sex trafficking charges involving one underaged girl. no charges have been brought against the justice department is not commenting. gaetz was the only member in congress to vote against a bill to combat human trafficking in 2017. he defended his vote saying it represented, q

i'm alicia menendez., we take an in-depth look at how democrats can deliver on president biden's immigration promises. i'll speak with congressman raul ruiz. he's chair of the congressional hispanic caucus, but how they plan to do that beginning this week. that's all tonight, 6:00 p.m. eastern, "american voices" right here on msnbc. ♪♪ comfort in the extreme. the lincoln family of luxury suvs. (judith) at fisher investments, we do things differently and other money managers don't understand why. comfort in the extreme. (money manager) because our way works great for us! (judith) but not for your clients. that's why we're a fiduciary, obligated to put clients first. (money manager) so, what do you provide? cookie cutter portfolios? (judith) nope, we tailor portfolios to our client's needs. (money manager) but you do sell investments that earn you high commissions, right? (judith) we don't have those. (money manager) so what's in it for you? (judith) our fees are structured so we do better when our clients

i'm alicia menendez.assure americans there will be enough coronavirus doses for everyone, minnesota will join a list of more than a dozen other states today who opened up vaccinations for all adults. that comes a day after seven other states including texas made the same move. by the end of the week, adults in 20 states will be able to make appointments, including the first two northeastern states connecticut and new hampshire at a time when the region is leading the country in new cases. >>> when it comes to coronavirus vaccinations, president biden says that federal government is distributing 33 million doses this week, a new record. he also announced that his administration is working to add new vaccination sites and has moved up the timeline for when most americans should become eligible for a vaccine. >> so to make it easier for americans to get vaccinated as the supply grows and vaccination eligibility expands, i'm directing my covid team to ensure there is a vaccine site within five miles of 90% of

i'm alicia menendez. this sunday, new threats to democracy. republicans now working to restrict voting rights beyond georgia. dnc chair jaime harrison is here with his plan to fight back. >>> plus, gun safety. could now be the time we finally do something. new remarks from the president on that and talking to two women with whom this fight is very personal. >>> also, conspiracies about the southern border returning wild. guess who's fueling them? a comedienne here with the enduring legacy of selena. >>> this is "american voices." >>> first up for us, democracy under attack. state-level republicans launching new efforts to prevent voters from voting. setting the stage for a collision course in the senate. republicans on the federal level already launching their branding campaign calling any federal action nothing more than a "power grab" by the libs which is truly ironic considering georgia republicans just outlawed handing water to voters standing in line to vote, added restrictions like requiring i.d. to vote and made it harder to vote by mai

boost® high protein. >>> hello, everyone, i'm alicia menendez.g of support in atlanta. a rally against hate and what recent violence against asian-americans tell us about race, gender, and class in america. plus, president biden is bringing something to the american presidency, compassion. >>> we head to the southern border as we get new details about how the biden administration is dealing recent rise in unaccompanied children. new questions tonight about the former president's legal liability. his former fixer meeting with prosecutors for an eighth time. michael cohen says there's reason for donald trump to worry. welcome to a new hour of "american voices." >>> in the space of hate, atlanta stands together. today hundreds gathered for a stop the hate rally honoring the eight victims of this week's deadly shooting. their solidarity coming at nbc news obtains new surveillance video. it

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i'm alicia menendez. my first guest this hour is congressman joaquin castro. he just led a congressional delegation on a tour of the office of refugee resettlement in texas where migrant children and migrant families are being held as they await their day in court. judge just a moment we'll talk to him about what he witnessed inside that facility and at the border and we'll discuss how we as a country can do right by those seeking refuge and a better life here in the united states. but we can't talk about progress without talking about what has held us back from progress for decades. in fact, this week gave us a full smattering of many of the challenge that's this country is currently up against and how it remains politically impossible to address these issues because one political party's refusal to face hard truths. relying on fear to win and side shows to legislate. case in point. georgia's brand new law targeting voting rights. many call it jim crow 2.0. for good reason. restricting voting access, banning water and food from voters standing in line to vote

i'm alicia menendez. my first guest this hour is congressman joaquin coors who led a delegation on a tour of the refuge resettlement in texas as migrants await their day in court. in just a moment we'll talk to the congressman about what he witnessed inside the facility and at the border. we'll discuss how as a country can do right by those seeking refuge and a better life in the united states. but we can't talk about progress without talking about what's held us back from progress for decades. in fact, this week gave us a full smattering of many of the challenges that this country is currently up against and how it remains politically impossible to address these issues all because one political party's refusal to face hard truths. relying on fear to win and side shows in place of legislating. georgia's brand-new voting rights, calling it jim crow 2.0, restricting voting access and making kindness illegal, banning water and food being handed to voters standing in line to vote. make no mistake, the bill is

i'm alicia menendez. tax fraud, efforts to overturn an election, several investigations. take your pick. will any of it put a former president behind bars? i'll talk to one of the top legal experts. >> let's call it what it is. america has a long anti-asian history. i'll talk with

my colleague alicia menendez picks up the coverage now. >> hello, everyone. i'm alicia menendez. welcome to "american voices." we begin tonight with president biden and vice president harris taking their first big win on the road. they're lay out the fine print of the american rescue plan, maying clear what help democrats just sent to americans struggling to recover from this pandemic. >> it's the most significant change for middle-class people, for poor people, people trying to get into the middle class, in decades, in a very long time. and it has amazing things in it. >> this is a critical moment. this is a moment where we have to make sure that the american people know what's in this plan. they understand what's in this plan. >> and by the way, this bill is 90 some percent coronavirus centric. this is similar to the bill we wrote in may, the h.e.r.o.e.s. act, some of which was implicated in december, much of it now. >> along with their spouses, biden and harris will not just tout their achievements and lay out the details, they'll also seize the moment to tout their party. tha

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my colleague alicia menendez picks up our coverage right now. >> thank you so much, reverend sharptonhildren at the border. we'll have more on what that means when jacob soboroff joins us in a few minutes. >>> the big news as we come on the air, relief on the way, could be hitting your bank account

i am alicia menendez. see you back here 6:00 p.m. eastern for more "american voices" next week. for now i hand it over to my colleague, mehdi hasan. >> hope you get your sneakers off the ship in time. good luck. >>> tonight on the mehdi hasan show, holding refugees kids in detention are personal to her because she was once one of those kids. >>> also, 20 people, we have the shootings in virginia. 20 people dead in the last two weeks in mass shootings. i'll ask a survivor of parkland why republicans won't act. >> plus later, bradley whitford isn't just one of tv's political operatives. >> visibility and power and put them in a position to say no and be a hero to his party. to his py >> also a political activist with a lot to say about voting rights and joins me live tonight. good evening. i'm mehdi hasan. looking something like this as they toured the rio grande this week, dramatically swooping in by water to arrive for a news conference after touring portions of the u.s./mexico border with customs and border patrol, a reminder that the perceived enemy at the border is this. chil

i'm alicia menendez. i hand it over to my friend mehdi hasan. >> thank you, alicia. >>> what i hope will be a good faith conversation. >>> plus tax fraud, efforts to overturn an election, several investigations. take your pick. will any of it put a former president behind bars? i'll talk to one of the top legal experts. >> let's call it what it is. america has a long anti-asian history. i'll talk with "kocobra kai" st tamlyn tomita." >>> yesterday 3.1 million americans got vaccinations amid an ongoing pandemic. on friday, the president was in georgia trying to tackle anti-asian violence and mass shootings. his dhs secretary responding today. >> the border is closed. we're eppelling families, single adults and we made a decision not to expel young, vulnerable children. >> biden border crisis what they're calling it. increase of michltgrants at the border. biden administration's detention of record 5,000 unaccompanied minors and asked whatever happened to all your concern over kids in cages? as i'll explain

my colleague alicia menendez. >>> we continue to talk about the biden plan.

eastern, alicia menendez joins by actress olivia munn. stick around for all of it. all of it. first, kathy park, live in atlanta. good morning to you. you were at the rally yesterday in atlanta. these rallies were taking place across the country and in other cities. what did you find? rmpt hey, ali. good morning to you. that is right. i would say here in atlanta that the rally group to about 1,000. it was passionate, but there was a lot of outrage, too, because as you know initially when investigators came out they were told by the suspect this was not racially motivated, but many of the voices here on the ground disagree. they say these women, that the victims, many of them being asian descent, the fact it was asian, this has to be a hate crime and why there is so much anger on the ground as well. you heard a few minutes anne johns, korean, as well as white and identifies with both of those races and says that her parents had told her, be careful. you know? she fears that there could be a potential attack on her and what also struck me, mother young girl who i spoke with and

my colleague alicia menendez. >>> we continue to talk about the biden plan. an all night voterama in the senate chamber, and the nearly $2 trillion relief package. in the end, not a sing the republican supported it. it will be take b up again tuesday. the american rescue plan stands right now, 1400 checks for those who qualify. $300 a week jobless benefits that last through the summer. $350 billion in state and local aid, and additional funds for obama care, and vaccine distribution. not a single republican senator voted for it despite an overwhelming majority of the american public supporting it. here is majority leader chuck schumer shortly after it did. >> that is the secret to the success here. the caucus unifying, every person realized we needed every other person to have the victory. should, it would be nice if the republicans would join us. they didn't. we prefer them to work with us. maybe they will change their minds after this. we will get it done regard lss. bus america needs. >> here is president biden a short time later at the white house. >> obv

my colleague alicia menendez picks up the news coverage now. >> thank you so much, reverend.

i'm alicia menendez. i'll see you back here next weekend, 6:00 p.m. ght, on the mehdi hasan show, democrats push through covid relief, but will the filibuster turn the senate into a legislative graveyard for joe biden? i'll speak with senator tina smith. plus, nearly one year ago, coronavirus changed everything. but it didn't have to be this way. chris hayes joins me to talk about it. >> also, the science makes it clear, we're not doing enough to save the planet. my interview with climate activist and global icon, greta thunberg. >> good evening. i'm mehdi hasan. welcome to the show. joe biden is now poised to sign the first major piece of legislation of his presidency. not just any ledge slaz, but what is in my view the most progressive legislation of my lifetime. the $1.9 trillion american rescue plan, the second biggest stimulus bill in american history. >> wasn't always pretty, but it

i'm alicia menendez. i hand it over to my friend mehdi hasan. hi, mehdi. >> thank you, alicia. >>> tonight on "the mehdi hasan show," right now thousands are seeking asylum at the worder. what's the gop's plan? tonight, congressman dan crenshaw will take our debate on the show. >>> donald trump is facing dozens of investigations. but will any of it put a former president behind bars? i'll talk to one of the country's top legal experts. >>> let's call it like it is. america has a long anti-asian history. >>> good evening. i'm mehdi hasan. today biden's defense secretary was in afghanistan trying to end a 23-year-old war. 3.1 million americans got vaccinations amid an ongoing pandemic. on friday, the president was in georgia trying to tackle anti-asian violence and mass shootings. here's biden's homeland security responding today. >> the border is closed. we are expelling families, we are expelling single adults and we made a decision not to expel young, vulnerable children. >> biden border crisis what the republican party is calling it. they point

eastern, my colleague alicia menendez takes up our news coverage right now. >>> thank you, rev, and become the next two hours, including today's executive order signed by president biden expanding voting rights. in the president's own words, let the people vote. >> today on the anniversary of bloody sunday, i'm signing an executive order to make it easier for eligible voters to register to vote and have true access to voting. every eligible voter should be able to vote and have that vote counted. >> more on biden's order and the president's new push to congress on voting rights when texas congressman joins us and south carolina congressman jim clyburn will be here on the

. >>> i'm alicia menendez. and welcome to a special hour of "american voices." hate on the rise.an-americans, and other marginalized communities. with this lethal combination of racism, misogyny, and xenophobia. an entire hour dedicated to addressing why this is happening, what is fueling it, and how we fix it. margaret cho,

i am alicia menendez. i'll see you back here next weekend at 6:00 p.m. eastern for more "american voices." for now i head hand it over to mehdi hasan. >> a devastating story from across the pond. >>> president biden's chief of staff, ron klain is here. the surge of unaccompanied minors at the border have reached the point that fema is being brought in to help. julian castro joins me. >>> plus it's a bird, it's a plane. no, it's super pharmacist, dr. mac, saving his community one vaccine at a time. he joins me to tell us his inspiring story, coming up. storp >>> good evening. i'm mehdi hasan. joe biden has been spending the weekend at home in delaware before he heads out on the road this week to sell the $1.9 trillion american rescue plan. he has a lot to work with. it is difficult to overstate what a big win this piece of legislation is for the president. it's the second biggest economic stimulus in american history, giving cash direct to the poorest americans. and if you want to know how much our politics has changed, here is the great irony. the joe bi

>>> i'm alicia menendez. and welcome to a special hour of "american voices." hate on the rise. the brutal murders in atlanta. the latest in an unrelenting cycle of violence against asian-americans, and other marginalized communities. with this lethal combination of racism, misogyny, and xenophobia. an entire hour dedicated to addressing why this is happening, what is fueling it, and how we fix it. margaret cho, amanda nguyen, and daniel wu are here as they use their starpower to stop asian hate. and we have expert advice on what you can do to counter hate in your community. "american voices," hate on the rise, starts now. >>> it is the question, we'll work to answer over the next hour. how do you solve a problem, as big and complex and deeply rooted as hate in america? just this week, a new report from the intelligence community warned of the growing threat of homegrown extremism in our country. saying, specifically, that racially-motivated extremists are those most likely to carry out a mass-casualty attack. and in 2019, the fbi reported 7,300 hate crimes, in america. that hig

i'm alicia menendez in for nicolle wallace, as we watch the heightened alert, that extremists have discussedtic lawmakers. today an increased presence from law enforcement surrounding the capitol building, please on guard for pro-trump conspiracy theorists who believe today, march 4th, should be donald trump's rightful inauguration day. national guard troops seen descending on the capitol, a dramatic express of how the country and the response from law enforcement has changed from january 6th ,

i'm alicia menendez. the fight for the right to vote.eighs in on the renewed fight for gun safety. and a comedian on the legacy of selena as we near what would have been her 50th birthday. that and more ahead on "american voices, 7:00 p.m. eastern only on msnbc. ne trees, but maybe not for people with certain inflammatory conditions. because there are options. like an “unjection™”. xeljanz. the first and only pill of its kind that treats moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, or moderate to severe ulcerative colitis when other medicines have not helped enough. xeljanz can lower your ability to fight infections. before and during treatment, your doctor should check for infections, like tb and do blood tests. have flu-like symptoms, or are prone to infections. serious, sometimes fatal infections, cancers including lymphoma, and blood clots have happened. taking a higher than recommended dose of xeljanz for ra may increase risk of death. tears in the stomach or intestines and serious allergic reactions have happened.

. >>> we're joined now by msnbc alicia menendez. your thoughts on the contrast? >> right.ean, it was nice to see some sparring back and forth, good spirited sparring. it strikes me, even as we're talking about a return to supposedly normal, you looked at that pressroom and were reminded that we are no the in normal times. you had a limited number of press in there. they were still socially distanced from one another. they were still wearing masks. i think it was telling that the president came in and started talking about coronavirus response, almost anticipating it was possible that the press could not ask him about it, wouldn't end up asking a question about the economy. then i also thought it was interesting, ari, for all of the talk, for all of the questions about immigration and what is currently happening at the southern border, there were still a lot of questions that remained unanswered. for example, title 42, which is something immigration advocates are focused on, this policy that the biden administration has continued to use to expel immigrants at the border, an

eastern, my colleague alicia menendez takes up our news coverage right now. >>> thank you, rev, and become to "american voices," a lot on deck in the next two hours, including today's executive order signed by president biden expanding voting rights. in the president's own words, let the people vote. >> today on the anniversary of bloody sunday, i'm signing an executive order to make it easier for eligible voters to register to vote and have true access to voting. every eligible voter should be able to vote and have that vote counted. >> more on biden's order and the president's new push to congress on voting rights when texas congressman joins us and south carolina congressman jim clyburn will be here on the first anniversary of bloody sunday without congressman john lewis. >>> following a year of devastation from the pandemic, the house takes it up on tuesday, but senate democrats passed the american rescue plan on their own. not a shred of republican support in the senate chamber. they were only able to get the bill passed through reconciliation, which raises a lot of questions about th

i'm joined by my colleague alicia menendez, host of "american voices," juanita tolller and eleanor clift, correspondent for the daily beast. welcome all. eleanor, i begin with you. you've covered many presidents who have tried to come out in their first 100 days and do something that is standard. but this is a really big something against a big challenge. i'm curious what you think and what the president has to do tonight? >> right. to borrow biden's memorable phrase, it's a big f'ing deal. and you see the networks giving him time. there is no quibble about is this really a serious enough issue to break into our regular programing. yes, it's a serious issue. and that he's doing it before he's going to congress to make the first state of the union address, which is basically singnalling his attention is really on the country. and i take every point that nicolle wallace just made about redefining bipartisanship. let the republicans nurse their grudges on capitol hill. he has shown that he can put together a coalition of pressure from outside washington that enabled this to get through. and

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my colleague alicia menendez picks up our coverage right now. >> thank you so much, reverend sharpton. >>> breaking news as we come on the air. moments ago, dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas has requested fema to help with the influx of migrant children at the border. we'll have more on what that means when jacob soboroff joins us in a few minutes. >>> the big news as we come on the air, relief on the way, could be hitting your bank account at the moment as covid relief checks are rolling out with president biden's relief plan now law. the stimulus is a huge help in getting america back to normal after a year of anything but normal. as the president made clear this week in his first prime time address to the american people, while this progress is huge, it does not mean we can lower our guards. >> if we do this together, by july 4 there is a good chance you, your families, and friends will be able to get together in your backyard or in your understand neighborhood and have a cookout, a barbecue, and celebrate independence day, where we not only mark our independence as a nation but we

in fact, he'll be on with alicia menendez later about why there's more violence against people of color, immigrants, lgbtq people, who all is behind it, what can be done to stop it. watch """american voices" tonigt at 6:00 eastern on msnbc. >>> new developments in the derek chauvin murder trial as jury selection resumes on monday. this after the judge denied a defense notion move that trial out of minneapolis. defense attorneys claim chauvin could not get a fair trial because of all the publicity following that city's historic $27 million settlement with the family of george floyd. the judge will also allow evidence to be heard from floyd's 2019 arrest. >> 2019 evidence is only admissible for the limited purpose of showing what mr. floyd's -- as an example of mr. floyd's bodily reaction, his physical symptoms upon being confronted in almost the exact same situation. >>> and joining me now, msnbc legal analyst paul butler. paul, welcome, good to see you. so, as we just heard, judge cahill is allowing evidence from george floyd's 2019 arrest to be admissible in the chauvin trial. give me

joining our conversation, eugene robinson, and alicia menendez.just read is that black ceos are the only ones banding together why aren't white ceos. >> well, that's a very good question, nicolle, especially in light of the split korean. we have black ceo trying to -- and on the other half of the screen, we have the trial over the killing of george floyd. >> the replay of the emages of this systemic racism not just disenfranchises african-americans, but how it can kill them. >> just saying this is not just inappropriate, this is unacceptable, and this must stop >> all of 41 states where republicans are trying to institution voter suppression measures that are aimed at democratic voters. >>> well, alicia, i said, after the murder of george floyd and the reckoning that it inspired, everybody raced to have their pr teams put out letters make clear they recognize the moment and their companies' values were the values of the people pouring into the streets >> why is it just 79 black ceos. it's another thing to say there's racism showing un. this is the

i'm alicia menendez in for nicolle wallace, as we watch the heightened alert, that extremists have discussed plans to, quote, take control of the capitol and remove democratic lawmakers. today an increased presence from law enforcement surrounding the capitol building, please on guard for pro-trump conspiracy theorists who believe today, march 4th, should be donald trump's rightful inauguration day. national guard troops seen descending on the capitol, a dramatic express of how the country and the response from law enforcement has changed from january 6th when, according to testimony from general william walker, it took more than three hours to get approval for troops to move to the scene. >>> news today suggests that the elevated state of alert will remain for weeks to come. two defense officials saying that the defendant defense has received a question for continued support from the national guard. president biden's secretary of homeland security, alejandro may yorka speaking out today about the scope of the threat. in an exclusive interview with our own jacob soboroff. >> one of the great

i'm alicia menendez in on for nicolle wallace. >>> as the country, with new guidance imminently on what life should look like for vaccinated americans. >>> and the economic relief bill, complete with $1400 checks for many americans. the developments coming at a cry wall point in the fight for limit at the infections, as we've seen weeks of decline, a stall at high level has experts warning pandemic fatigue and relax ace could jeopardizes the recent progress. this issues was issued today. >> years of washington football on tv has shown me it's better to spike the football one safely in the end zone november after a couple completions. nationally are all clear -- wear a mask, not forever, but for now. it's today intersecting with a shaky picture of economic relief. , the white house chaff of staff warning, it will take until that rate to get back to where it was, that's where we stand on both fights, on razor's edge, americans have been hoping for for more than a year. >> that nearly two thirds of the country in recent polls support. and last night, senator ron johnson, same one who has a

i'm alicia menendez. catch me right here on msnbc. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> the president's german sherp pard major is said to nip a park. this is the second person major bit this month. the last time they sent him home to delaware. but i guess he didn't learn anything. say what you will about donald trump, mike pence never bit anybody. >> all right. poor major. he's having -- it's adjusting to the white house and -- >> poor major? >> it's not an environment that feels comfortable because of what it's been like there. dogs tell the truth. i feel so bad for him. >> i would be telling the truth to a dog if it bit one person. >> he's a good boy. >> if the dog bit two people, that dog might better get his affairs in order. and prepare -- >> good boy. >> to meet dog jesus because -- >> no, stop it, joe. >> no. your dog cannot bite two people. >> he's a rescue. >> dog jesus. >> is this the juju thing, previous white house had bad energy, so major is working through some of that stuff. >> of course. dogs tell the truth. and i hope